The Landscape Institute (LI) is the UK’s chartered body for landscape professionals and an educational charity committed to advancing the practice of landscape. Through the work of our members, we strive to protect, enhance and conserve the natural and built environment, creating places that benefit both people and nature.
Our community brings together a wide range of specialists: landscape architects, urban designers, planners, ecologists, historians, engineers and garden and plant experts. Whether designing a pocket park, restoring heritage sites or shaping large-scale infrastructure, our members are committed to deliver projects across private, public, and third-sector landscapes to the highest professional standards.
The landscape profession is vibrant and varied and the LI provides tools, opportunities and guidance for practitioners to thrive.
Through professional development, networking events, advocacy and a nationwide branch network, we help members grow their expertise and build connections.
Chartered (CMLI) and Fellow (FLI) memberships recognise those who reach the highest standards, signalling excellence to clients, employers and peers.
We represent landscape professionals at all levels, ensuring their expertise shapes government policy and public initiatives.
From housing and flood management to sustainability, climate resilience and nature-based solutions, the Landscape Institute champions the value of landscape in improving communities and the wider environment.
The LI celebrates the creativity and impact of landscape practice through media coverage, events, exhibitions and our case studies library, which features projects ranging from local neighbourhood schemes to global landmarks like Olympic parks.
Our annual awards highlight the skill, imagination and influence of UK and international practitioners.
As an educational charity, we actively promote and encourage landscape practice that benefits people, communities and the planet.
Thoughtful design and management by our members can improve air and water quality, reduce noise pollution, increase biodiversity, mitigate climate change and create vibrant, healthy spaces for everyone to enjoy.
